Before wrx and sandtrap in the late 90s was the golf equipment aficionados forum started by Ping Boy from TN. 4GEA at Delphi forums. It used to be robust and I may be wrong but wrx and sandtrap were formed by GEA members after they left pissed off.
I like mygolfspy for equipment and ball reviews, but the forum there is terrible. Is there a more arrogant jerk in golf coverage than Tony Covey? Not worth wasting time there.